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Samsung Galaxy Grand full phone specification, Price & reviews

Samsung Galaxy Grand announced: single and dual-SIM versions, multi-window apps, not-so-spectacular 5-inch WVGA screen

Samsung has announced a new Android based smartphone, called the Galaxy Grand. The main feature here is the 5-inch, 800 x 480 resolution LCD, making it smaller.

Other features on this smartphone include a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording, 2 megapixel front camera, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSPA+ connectivity and a 2,100mAh battery.

The Galaxy Grand will be running Samsung’s TouchWiz interface on top of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It will come with the usual range of Samsung features, including S Voice, multi window mode, Direct Call, AllShare Play, Smart Alert, Popup Play and all the Samsung Hubs.

galaxy grand

The phone will be sold in two variants, I9080 (single SIM) variant and I9082 (dual-SIM) variant.

Full Specification

General

  • Smartphone
  • Android (Jelly Bean [4.1])
  • Bar
  • Internal

Input

  • Touchscreen (Capacitive [finger])
  • Yes

Power

  • Li-ion (2100 mAh capacity)

Camera

  • 8 megapixels
  • Contact pictures
  • 2 megapixels

Location

  • GPS, Compass (A-GPS)

Storage

  • 8 GB
  • microSD

Connectivity

  • 802.11 a, b, g, n (2.4, 5 GHz)
  • WEP, WPA, WPA2
  • 4.0
  • HSP [headset], HFP [hands-free], A2DP [stereo audio], AVRCP [media control]

Media

  • Yes
  • AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA
  • AVI, h.264 / AVC, MPEG-4
  • Streaming / internet
  • BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG

Messaging

  • Yes
  • Yes

Browser and email

  • HTML (Javascript)
  • POP3, IMAP, Push email (Exchange, Gmail)

Sync

  • OTA sync

Apps

  • Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, IM, Maps, Notes, Stocks, Stopwatch, Tasks / to-dos, Voice recorder, Weather
  • Other

Rings / alerts

  • Polyphonic, MP3 / audio, Contact ringtones
  • Yes
  • Yes

Carriers

  • Asia

Radio type

  • GSM
  • GPRS, EDGE
  • 850, 900, 1800, 1900
  • HSDPA (21.1 Mbps), HSUPA
  • 850, 1900, 2100

Display

  • 5 inches

Audio and voice

  • 3.5mm
  • Mono
  • Yes
  • Yes

Hardware

  • 1.2 GHz
  • Dual-core
  • 1 GB
  • 2.0 (Micro-USB port, USB charging)

Sensors

  • Accelerometer (motion), Ambient light, Gyroscope, Proximity

Other features

  • Yes

Pricing & availability

  • Pre-release
  • December 18, 2012

Colors

  • MPN: GT-I9080

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  1. Anna says:
    December 21, 2012 at 4:22 am

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